Black Storm-Petrel / Oceanodroma melania
WBN 
Black Storm-Petrel
SCI Name:
Protonym: Procellaria melania Compt.Rend. 38 p.662
Taxonomy: Procellariiformes / Hydrobatidae / Oceanodroma
Taxonomy Code: bkspet
Type Locality: coast of California.
Author: Bonaparte
Publish Year: 1854
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
Oceanodroma
(syn. Hydrobates Ϯ Fork-tailed Storm-petrel H. furcata) Gr. ωκεανος ōkeanos ocean; -δρομος -dromos -runner < τρεχω trekhō to run; "Genera et Species typicæ. ... d. Oceanodroma Rchb. furcata (Proc. — L. Gm.) Ic. Av. t. 16. ic. 785. t. 18. ic. 2245—46." (Reichenbach 1853); "185. Oceanodroma, Reich. (Thalassidroma, p. Gr.) Rostrum majusculum; tubo nasali recto: alae modicae: cauda furcata: pedes breves, podiis angustis; unguibus parvulis, compressis. Dilute cinereae. M. Atl. et Pac. 2. 1. PROCELLARIA furcata, Gm. ... 2. THALASSIDROMA hornbyi, Gr." (Bonaparte 1857). Var. Oceanododroma, Oceandodroma.
melania
Gr. μελανια melania blackness, dark cloud < μελας melas, μελανος melanos black (cf. L. melania blackness, black spotted).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
